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liberties and rights of every new hampshire citizens because we want to attract people of talent and energy to our states. that means defending our marriage equality law and making sure that women can chart their own destiny by making their own health care decisions .. i love the public debate between you and ovide lamontagne. has been on social issues. any that you disagree and, how much impact they have on the economy and the impact -- business of new hampshire? hassan: i was on a plan last spring and i sat next to a young man who recruits for a major new hampshire business. he was telling me how important the marriage equality law that we passed was to his recruiting efforts because young people were more interested in coming to new hampshire to work here because we were committed to treating all of our granite staters the police. similarly for women the ability to make their own decisions about when to have families, about what kind of balance they want to seek in the workplace, finishing school, all of those things relate to their ability to control their own health decisions an
liberties and rights of every new hampshire citizens because we want to attract people of talent and energy to our states. that means defending our marriage equality law and making sure that women can chart their own destiny by making their own health care decisions .. i love the public debate between you and ovide lamontagne. has been on social issues. any that you disagree and, how much impact they have on the economy and the impact -- business of new hampshire? hassan: i was on a plan last...
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did not have civil-rights investigative authority. the second thing we are doing is were we to identify any particular jurisdiction that did have a concern we would work with the civil-rights division to engage in a direct investigation in the form of interviews, on the ground inspections. we are not doing our own auditing of the program which isn't a criminal investigation but we go around to various jurisdictions and audit the results ourselves. i am happy to say to date we have not had instance to refer something to direct investigation to the civil rights division but we have had the first set of results and suggested some counties we need to do a little bigger beating -- deeper digging and we're doing that. >> at some point when you move along with the program some of us would be interested in seeing some of those reports for our review. >> we would be happy to give the committee or you in particular a briefing on our results and share what we found. >> on a local matter adams county, mississippi, where there is some i.c.e. retai
did not have civil-rights investigative authority. the second thing we are doing is were we to identify any particular jurisdiction that did have a concern we would work with the civil-rights division to engage in a direct investigation in the form of interviews, on the ground inspections. we are not doing our own auditing of the program which isn't a criminal investigation but we go around to various jurisdictions and audit the results ourselves. i am happy to say to date we have not had...
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and fought to protect bullied students' civil rights in a courtroom. the department of education worked with their peers at state departments of education and local school boards to collect better data and develop anti-bullying policies and curriculum. and we saw private campaign and faith-based leaders and nonprofit institutions step up like pacers national center for bullying prevention. all of those efforts were making an impact and reaching some of the young people in need. and yet we recognized that despite such a wide array of programs and campaigns, bullying still wasn't being treated as a national priority. so we convened the first summit two years ago where we said for the first time that bullying was a serious national challenge, and it required truly a national response. around the same time our nation faced a number of tragic incidents involving children and teenagers who having been bullied felt like they had nowhere to turn and took their own lives. it seized the nation's attention. and for many it was a real wake-up call. it was a call t
and fought to protect bullied students' civil rights in a courtroom. the department of education worked with their peers at state departments of education and local school boards to collect better data and develop anti-bullying policies and curriculum. and we saw private campaign and faith-based leaders and nonprofit institutions step up like pacers national center for bullying prevention. all of those efforts were making an impact and reaching some of the young people in need. and yet we...
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but using proportionality as sort of a blunt tool to enforce federal civil rights is going to of all sorts of unintended consequences but it's going to drag and standards in the subjects. it's going to take educators defensive, and so i think that's an exam of the type of thing you wouldn't see going on in iran the administration. >> the president is deeply committed to civil rights agenda. the way in which this administration and a second term president would do that would be in close partnership in a collaborative or with communities and how to address those issues. spent two more brief question and want to give each about a moment for rapid. first parent trigger. it's got a lot of attention. curious where the two candidates stand. >> so, governor romney support anything that empowers parents to exercise choice over their child's education. and that includes parent trigger. that being said, it's a new idea, one that is being tested out by states that are interesting experiment with this idea. and certainly not something that you would see the federal government imposing as a nation
but using proportionality as sort of a blunt tool to enforce federal civil rights is going to of all sorts of unintended consequences but it's going to drag and standards in the subjects. it's going to take educators defensive, and so i think that's an exam of the type of thing you wouldn't see going on in iran the administration. >> the president is deeply committed to civil rights agenda. the way in which this administration and a second term president would do that would be in close...
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. >> mengin companies make mistakes now there is a civil lawsuit with bear stearns to related fraud. do you regret participating in the federal reserve to 2008. >> did you miss something when you told investors that the acquisition wouldn't be material let's get this right we are asked to it at a great risk to ourselves and we have the capability of due diligence. the one thing i was worried about is all these lawsuits there would be no lawsuits, no stock drop lawsuits or class-action lawsuits or more deutsch lawsuits but we brought it and the second we brought it we knew that we were buying something. i read extensively what life knowing what i know today? it's close. it's really close. what i know today is of the called me to do something like that i couldn't do it but you take on these obligations. i did get a letter from the senior regulators before we signed it to save please, take into consideration when you want to come after us down the road where bear stearns did by the federal government of the economic and financial. some great people and some terrible ones and it got the
. >> mengin companies make mistakes now there is a civil lawsuit with bear stearns to related fraud. do you regret participating in the federal reserve to 2008. >> did you miss something when you told investors that the acquisition wouldn't be material let's get this right we are asked to it at a great risk to ourselves and we have the capability of due diligence. the one thing i was worried about is all these lawsuits there would be no lawsuits, no stock drop lawsuits or...
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and then he got the most significant civil rights legislation passed in american history. all within six weeks. all because of leadership. all because he did not let go. if it required grabbing people by the shoulders and not letting them leave until they decided that they're going to support him, that's how it works. if it required telling jerks and it would be shameful for the leader of the republican party, a party of lincoln to oppose civil rights legislation, that's what it required. if it. it goes to pay homage to someone who needed to have homage paid to them in order to change their deeply held segregationist views, he did it. my point is that leadership matters. and i'm honored to be among the leaders and i hope you stay the course. whether you win or lose in the political row, that is secondary to changing the course of our countries history by focusing on doing the right things congresswoman our education system. there will be losers along the way politically, but we're all winners and we're being a part of something bigger than a thousand were trying to advocat
and then he got the most significant civil rights legislation passed in american history. all within six weeks. all because of leadership. all because he did not let go. if it required grabbing people by the shoulders and not letting them leave until they decided that they're going to support him, that's how it works. if it required telling jerks and it would be shameful for the leader of the republican party, a party of lincoln to oppose civil rights legislation, that's what it required. if...
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i don't think we fully appreciate how important that issue is as a civil rights issue to young voters. so when i look at the youth turnout and the margin that president obama guy with young voters i would say a smaller cluster of what they see as civil rights issues making college more affordable, and the bottom line again it may look to an outsider as if not much has change. we changed. we still have president obama and the democratic majority in the senate and republican majority in the house. but look at the people who could now be elected to congress. look not just at their faces but their life experiences and you will see i think a change that truly reflects the image in america. in the senate, and the senate we have four new women senators. we have six incumbents all of whom got reelected. we have five challengers and new candidates, four of for four of the five were reelected. in fact if i step back in this election year as a whole, there were 33 senate seats up for election. one in three are democrat nominees were women. this is a historic marker for our party and as you can s
i don't think we fully appreciate how important that issue is as a civil rights issue to young voters. so when i look at the youth turnout and the margin that president obama guy with young voters i would say a smaller cluster of what they see as civil rights issues making college more affordable, and the bottom line again it may look to an outsider as if not much has change. we changed. we still have president obama and the democratic majority in the senate and republican majority in the...
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this is a civil rights, human rights issue, the way we treat people with disabilities. and, mr. president, we know that the history of america was not always what it is today, and we know the struggles that people with disabilities have had in getting access to the services that we sometimes take for granted. i remember many years ago, i visited our state institution for children with -- with developmental disabilities, and i saw in one large room literally 100 children receiving no care at all, most of them not clothed. i knew that we could do better in this country. and today, our access to health services for people with disabilities is remarkably better. i remember when if you had a physical disability and were confined to a wheelchair, it was basically impossible to get use of public transportation. we have changed those policies in our country, recognizing that every american has the right to basic services. i remember when it was difficult for people to get public education in the traditional schools if you had disabilities. we have changed those laws in america, we chang
this is a civil rights, human rights issue, the way we treat people with disabilities. and, mr. president, we know that the history of america was not always what it is today, and we know the struggles that people with disabilities have had in getting access to the services that we sometimes take for granted. i remember many years ago, i visited our state institution for children with -- with developmental disabilities, and i saw in one large room literally 100 children receiving no care at...
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we had the civil rights difficulties. so, mitch mcconnell and i are working in a situation that the founding fathers set up for us. and times are difficult now, but it's all going to be fun. the glass is really half-full. it's not have him to. we'll work our way through all these issues. of course, that's the reason for this event, we need more bipartisan cooperation, and less partisan competition. and we are working that in our own way. [applause] i've had the good fortune of serving with both senator dole's wife and senator baker's wife. when i came to the senate, there were two women in the senate. senator of course nancy kassebaum and barbara mikulski. who come by the, today we honor her on the senate floor by noting that she has served longer in deny states congress than any person in history of this country as a woman. [applause] >> she came, she beat a record of the woman from massachusetts who came here in 1925 and left in 1960. and barbara mikulski has broken that record. so, and i of course served with bob dole
we had the civil rights difficulties. so, mitch mcconnell and i are working in a situation that the founding fathers set up for us. and times are difficult now, but it's all going to be fun. the glass is really half-full. it's not have him to. we'll work our way through all these issues. of course, that's the reason for this event, we need more bipartisan cooperation, and less partisan competition. and we are working that in our own way. [applause] i've had the good fortune of serving with both...
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it's under his leadership that the department stepped up its efforts to use federal civil rights laws to protect children from bullying in recent years. and it's under his leadership at the department continues to serve as a voice, as an advocate for better and effective ways to in bullying for all children in all schools. so i want you to know that it's been my experience today in the presence of arne duncan come is to be connected to a man who cares deeply about kids, who strives each and every day to remain connected and committed to them in his word and in his heart. so help me to welcome the secretary duncan to speak with you this afternoon. [applause] ♪ >> on good afternoon. hard to see with these lights. thrilled to be here. i'm hoping it's been a productive couple days. i know this is the end of it. your last day. i will keep my remarks will deliberate and happy to take questions after that. i want to thank deb for hardware. judge o'malley, please stand. let's give her a round of applause. [applause] >> interesting to meet -- so many ways in education, and have someone that
it's under his leadership that the department stepped up its efforts to use federal civil rights laws to protect children from bullying in recent years. and it's under his leadership at the department continues to serve as a voice, as an advocate for better and effective ways to in bullying for all children in all schools. so i want you to know that it's been my experience today in the presence of arne duncan come is to be connected to a man who cares deeply about kids, who strives each and...
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it's like the campaigns in the early 1900's when women's right to vote was the central civil rights issue in the country. it's like the campaigns in the 1840s in a teen 50's and the election of abraham lincoln. with an issue of or freedom was the central issue in the country. similarly those local elections before the revolution will -- were similar in the way they cast the issue as being one in which there is a status of british citizenship and american citizenship and there is a gap between the two and a gap must be close. the reason i had during this up if i were a candidate i would not be successfully elected because my platform would be to close a civil gap. all of us in this room being somewhat government professionals, we know that budgets are not really about money. they are about civil commitment. budgets are architectures of all the civil commitments that we have made to each other as citizens over many generations and the way in which these commitments and everything from national security to air traffic control, to food safety, all of these commitments accumulated year after y
it's like the campaigns in the early 1900's when women's right to vote was the central civil rights issue in the country. it's like the campaigns in the 1840s in a teen 50's and the election of abraham lincoln. with an issue of or freedom was the central issue in the country. similarly those local elections before the revolution will -- were similar in the way they cast the issue as being one in which there is a status of british citizenship and american citizenship and there is a gap between...
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rights to of human rights, and strengthening relationships. i don't know that that cannot to be perfectly honest, is very start as a division between how he views africa and president obama. i tend to doubt it. >> just one comment on the general principles and one comment on africa. the general principles, the general price to the principle icf is an inclination to divide the world between enemies and friends and to think that lots of luster is a very good thing. and my view is, this administration has shown that you don't perceive successfully that way. you proceed successfully by engaging people across the whole framework, but acting with force when required or with compulsion and means like the sanctions in iran that don't involve physical force but other means of the balance. with regard to africa, there is an example of this in the way we have rallied the organization of african unity to try and police and be active in the sudan. very imperfect in bad results, many dimensions, but better results than if we directly intervened. the adminis
rights to of human rights, and strengthening relationships. i don't know that that cannot to be perfectly honest, is very start as a division between how he views africa and president obama. i tend to doubt it. >> just one comment on the general principles and one comment on africa. the general principles, the general price to the principle icf is an inclination to divide the world between enemies and friends and to think that lots of luster is a very good thing. and my view is, this...
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her adequacy focuses on immigration reform, civil rights and human rights for all. i'm not going to read all of this. we are going to hear from you. >> thank you everyone and i just want to start by saying that talking about solutions is a great game for any immigration conference. we all know that our current immigration system is full of problems and we spend a lot of time talking about those problems. i'm guilty of that myself, but not enough time really doing the hard work to get toward a solution. i want to thank the organizers of today's event for bringing the pols feet together where we can do the real 30 work of figuring out how to move forward. so what are these problems that we have in our current immigration system? i'm going to just give a brief overview of some of the stickiest issues we are dealing with. we have families who are separated, who are seeking to reunite that are supported by our immigration system. with businesses who are seeking a stable and skilled workforce. we have workers who are seeking protections and the opportunity to thrive and w
her adequacy focuses on immigration reform, civil rights and human rights for all. i'm not going to read all of this. we are going to hear from you. >> thank you everyone and i just want to start by saying that talking about solutions is a great game for any immigration conference. we all know that our current immigration system is full of problems and we spend a lot of time talking about those problems. i'm guilty of that myself, but not enough time really doing the hard work to get...
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civil rights coalition, and chair of the rights working group, a coalition of human civil and immigrant rights groups who are looking at the erosion of civil liberties and basic immigration rights after 9/11. she served on the board of common cause, independent sector, voters committee on civil rights, and she currently serves on the advisory council of wal-mart, nielsen media research and contest. please help me welcome karen narasaki. [applause] and to my right, norman ornstein, resident scholar at the american enterprise institute. mr. ornstein is resident scholar at aei, and a longtime observer of congress and politics, and i think the best but he writes a word -- a weekly column for roll call. he also serves as an election analyst for cbs news. he was the codirector of aei's brookings election reform project, and participates in aei's election watch series. i think it's pertinent again in a season which we have so much money in the political system that you should know that mr. ornstein helped to shape the mccain-feingold campaign finance law that was result overturned and the cour
civil rights coalition, and chair of the rights working group, a coalition of human civil and immigrant rights groups who are looking at the erosion of civil liberties and basic immigration rights after 9/11. she served on the board of common cause, independent sector, voters committee on civil rights, and she currently serves on the advisory council of wal-mart, nielsen media research and contest. please help me welcome karen narasaki. [applause] and to my right, norman ornstein, resident...
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laws such as the civil rights rs act, title 9, the family leave act strengthen our position. most importantly, i'm reminded of the veterans who have returned from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the brave veterans who have served in all the places we have asked them to go, who have advanced the interests and ideals of the united states. we owe them a debt for their service. many of them have returned with severe wounds, some requiring lifetime care. and i'd like to just read a statement from one of the veterans that appeared in front of the foreign relations committee, a disabled attorney and veteran -- marine veteran john lancaster. and this is what he said. and i quote here. "in 1968 i arrived in vietnam in the tet ow offensive as an infay platoon commander. five months later i was shot and injured in a fire fight. after months of rehas been takers i arrived back home in western new york a disabled veteran. although my friends and family welcomed me home, society did not receive me quite as we will. while there is certainly tension around the politics of the vietnam war,
laws such as the civil rights rs act, title 9, the family leave act strengthen our position. most importantly, i'm reminded of the veterans who have returned from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the brave veterans who have served in all the places we have asked them to go, who have advanced the interests and ideals of the united states. we owe them a debt for their service. many of them have returned with severe wounds, some requiring lifetime care. and i'd like to just read a statement from...
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last month tom perez head of the justice rights civil rights division sent a letter to the department of education about alabama h.b. 56. mr. perez said the justice department included in the immediate aftermath of h.b.-56 implementation hispanic student absence rate tripled while absence rates for other groups of students remained virtually flat. and the rate of total withdrawals of hispanic children substantially increased to 13.4% of all hispanic students in alabama schools. mr. perez also said hispanic children reported increased anxiety, diminished concentration in school, deteriorating grades and increased hostility, bullying and intimidation. the author of the education provision of the alabama law has made it clear his real goal is to overturn plyler vs. stowe. if this challenge should make it to the supreme court, it could find a receptive audience in the chief justice who criticized plyler when it was decided and refused to say it was well-settled law when he appeared before the senate judiciary committee. i think this is the wrong approach for america. instead of challengin
last month tom perez head of the justice rights civil rights division sent a letter to the department of education about alabama h.b. 56. mr. perez said the justice department included in the immediate aftermath of h.b.-56 implementation hispanic student absence rate tripled while absence rates for other groups of students remained virtually flat. and the rate of total withdrawals of hispanic children substantially increased to 13.4% of all hispanic students in alabama schools. mr. perez also...
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significant issues, including landmark civil rights -- civil victims rights act, the pro-growth tax policies we've been debating here, patient-centered health care reform, nuclear proliferation, safeguarding our nuclear stockpiles, on and on i could go. jon recently called me to his office and said, you know, there are 13 separate things here that have been the highest priority for me. now, not many senators will tell you that they've got 13 high-prior to issues that they not only are interested in, but have drilled down and a unique, dint understanding of those particular issues. and jon said one thing that i want to accomplish before i leave is to make sure that someone will pick up the ball and take the baton and carry on those issues after i leave. that's an extraordinary statement. first of all, the bred and -- breadth and the depth of his engagement and his knowledge which i don't think any one person here, it would take many, to begin to duplicate but also the leadership that he's provided. on issues of significant importance to the future of this country. jon was listed as one of the
significant issues, including landmark civil rights -- civil victims rights act, the pro-growth tax policies we've been debating here, patient-centered health care reform, nuclear proliferation, safeguarding our nuclear stockpiles, on and on i could go. jon recently called me to his office and said, you know, there are 13 separate things here that have been the highest priority for me. now, not many senators will tell you that they've got 13 high-prior to issues that they not only are...
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is enforcing civil rights as a critical aspect of the federal role in education. so to be cleared that is what governor romney's sees as an essential function of the department along with those i mentioned earlier. and we need to ensure access to the rigorous work. the other focus of the proportionality policies have been access to the course is comfortable, and so there are ways in which the states can incentivize that by incorporating access to the performance into the school report cards, but the user proportionality is a blunt tool to enforce the federal rights is going to have consequences to drive on standards in those subjects and it's going to make educators defensive so that is an example of the type of thing that you wouldn't see going on in and around the administration. >> the president is committed to the civil rights agenda and part of the agenda as a way that this administration and the second in turn the president would do that would be in close partnership in a collaborative way on how to address those issues but they do need to be addressed. two
is enforcing civil rights as a critical aspect of the federal role in education. so to be cleared that is what governor romney's sees as an essential function of the department along with those i mentioned earlier. and we need to ensure access to the rigorous work. the other focus of the proportionality policies have been access to the course is comfortable, and so there are ways in which the states can incentivize that by incorporating access to the performance into the school report cards,...
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talk about the ways that she was a civil rights pioneer? >> happily. you know, one of the things that i was thinking about when i wrote that email about black history was personal. when i was in law school, the route my entire time at law school, when i would walk especially the main hall of my law school, i could really feel the presence of all the people who had gone before me, who had made the way for me and i felt that presence very heavily. and i often thought what would it have been like the first woman, the first black woman or one or three and i was one of 25. and i probably wouldn't have said it at the time, i think the men and women served before me served as a compass and a map. and their presence helped me make a lot of decisions. i made a lot of decisions based upon the fact that i did not want to take for granted the doors that they had opened for me and i wanted to make sure that i walked through those doors and held them open for somebody else. and i recently read a memoir just as the presence those people spoke to me and i want to shar
talk about the ways that she was a civil rights pioneer? >> happily. you know, one of the things that i was thinking about when i wrote that email about black history was personal. when i was in law school, the route my entire time at law school, when i would walk especially the main hall of my law school, i could really feel the presence of all the people who had gone before me, who had made the way for me and i felt that presence very heavily. and i often thought what would it have been...
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and the distinguished senator has referred to the civil rights era. do we really in this great country, a signal to democracy to so much of the rest of the world, want to go back there? i'm sure the distinguished senator has, like i have, had the honor of being an observer of elections in other countries where finally a country that's overcome a dictatorship or overcome a civil war, they finally can vote, and the people are lining up, saying thank god we have a chance to vote and it's open for the first time and they say you americans would never have to experience this. i don't want to go to these countries that we ask to come into the fold of democracies and ask them to have free and open voting and have them say those who don't want free and open voting, say well what about what you have done and then naming several states. this is not a democratic or a republican issue. this is an american issue. we fought a revolution. we have fought world wars. we have worked to make this country of over 300 million people great because everybody's voice is supp
and the distinguished senator has referred to the civil rights era. do we really in this great country, a signal to democracy to so much of the rest of the world, want to go back there? i'm sure the distinguished senator has, like i have, had the honor of being an observer of elections in other countries where finally a country that's overcome a dictatorship or overcome a civil war, they finally can vote, and the people are lining up, saying thank god we have a chance to vote and it's open for...
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numbers one and two, civil rights and the missile crisis. the third would be that partial test ban treaty was a step in the right direction. even kennedy was disappointed in that. what both he and president eisenhower have been pushing for was a comprehensive test of the idea that if you ban all testing in every venue, you stop the increase in nuclear arsenals. partial test ban illuminated tests in the atmosphere, but ultimately, it did not stop the arms race by any means. some people have stopped at it as an air pollution measure. but it was a movement in the right direction that he might have pursued, had he stayed in office. >> host: this is booktv's monthly program. this month it is michael beschloss who is our guest. we have 1.5 hours left in our program. we continue to take your calls, e-mails, and tweets. tania davis, the producer of this program, join you here in washington at the lincoln cottage. to talk a little bit about your new book. we want to show that now. >> i have been writing history books for 30 years. one of the things i
numbers one and two, civil rights and the missile crisis. the third would be that partial test ban treaty was a step in the right direction. even kennedy was disappointed in that. what both he and president eisenhower have been pushing for was a comprehensive test of the idea that if you ban all testing in every venue, you stop the increase in nuclear arsenals. partial test ban illuminated tests in the atmosphere, but ultimately, it did not stop the arms race by any means. some people have...
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anesas fed f tur 1933 i fifr t office for civil rights in 1970. in both of our cases we burst heardut ifrhe pss. re rvet uay bein ohithird term. i was never in danger of being a e io very o fortunate to have had the service of dean acheson. mecatohen ti tr faced more international turmoil, uncertainty and conflict than the dadduring at darenerd t egust mths after pearl harbor, 1941, and extended through the truman administration. obecy landscape was inor war ominous. stalin was at the height of his power. viloen.t uro lay in ruins and ul test its first atomic bomb and north koreaou iad h. hee
anesas fed f tur 1933 i fifr t office for civil rights in 1970. in both of our cases we burst heardut ifrhe pss. re rvet uay bein ohithird term. i was never in danger of being a e io very o fortunate to have had the service of dean acheson. mecatohen ti tr faced more international turmoil, uncertainty and conflict than the dadduring at darenerd t egust mths after pearl harbor, 1941, and extended through the truman administration. obecy landscape was inor war ominous. stalin was at the height of...
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the second was the benchmark civil rights act. and the third was the voting rights act. lyndon johnson picked the equal pay act as his first action because he felt it would be one of the easier ones to pass and to implement. little demo that the corporate -- little did he know that the corporate wrath that was going to be against women in the past would come to that legislation. but a democratically controlled senate moved that bill and began the long march for civil rights. but guess what happened in the ensuing 49 years? on june 10, president johnson signed that bill in 1963. 49 years later women still make less than men. women in the united states of america make only 77 cents for what men doing the same job make. this is unfair and it's un-american. remember where we have come. everybody likes to say to us, oh, you've come a long way, but wye don't -- we don't think we've come a long way. we've only gained 18 cents in 49 years. in 1963 we made 59 cents for every dollar that men make. now it's 77 cents. so what does that mean? it means every five years we make an adva
the second was the benchmark civil rights act. and the third was the voting rights act. lyndon johnson picked the equal pay act as his first action because he felt it would be one of the easier ones to pass and to implement. little demo that the corporate -- little did he know that the corporate wrath that was going to be against women in the past would come to that legislation. but a democratically controlled senate moved that bill and began the long march for civil rights. but guess what...
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. >> i want to talk to you for a moment about civil rights, equal rights for all our citizens. why must we vigorously defend them? first, because it is right and just. and second, because we can not compete successfully with communism if we fail to utilize completely the minds and energies of and of of all of our citizens. and third the whole world is watching u when we fail to grant equality to all, that makes news, bad news for america all over the world. now the record shows there's been more progress in civil rights in the past eight years than in the preceding 80 years. because this administration has insisted on making progress. and i want to continue and speed up that progress. i want to help build a better america. for all americans. >> so you'll notice that technically and creatively these spots don't really evolve much through the '50s, into the early '60s. they rely almost entirely on fact-based appeals. no real emotion. i want to move four years into the future to 1964 and watch a barry goldwater spot. can you stop, this john? this is actually, out of order. this is
. >> i want to talk to you for a moment about civil rights, equal rights for all our citizens. why must we vigorously defend them? first, because it is right and just. and second, because we can not compete successfully with communism if we fail to utilize completely the minds and energies of and of of all of our citizens. and third the whole world is watching u when we fail to grant equality to all, that makes news, bad news for america all over the world. now the record shows there's...
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he told me about the difficult days of the civil rights eer particularly as a son of the south what it meant to him. he came back though to georgia after graduating from high school went to suwannee, a law student at the university of georgia, headed to his passion the law but he didn't make it. instead he made it to the marietta, georgia journal as a cub reporter. at the age of 67 he started being a floor manager for the paper, assistant publisher, offering expertise at the a young age. at 29 he came up with a unique concept. he said people would like to see their cirdz's pictures in the paper. they'd like to have stories about their sports victories. have lots of pictures, stories, but just to me, not owl the folderol that might go with it. he started neighbor newspapers and created 27 neighborhood newspapers, all 27 weeklies. so successful when gannett decided to do a national paper called "usa today" they sent a team of investigators for seven days to the mir yeta daily journal to investigate their template, the way they public their paper. and frankly, a lot will give -- for credi
he told me about the difficult days of the civil rights eer particularly as a son of the south what it meant to him. he came back though to georgia after graduating from high school went to suwannee, a law student at the university of georgia, headed to his passion the law but he didn't make it. instead he made it to the marietta, georgia journal as a cub reporter. at the age of 67 he started being a floor manager for the paper, assistant publisher, offering expertise at the a young age. at 29...
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, through the civil society, women's rights respected and preserving a country without a constitution. sins we have a constitution or bill of rights in the constitution and freedom before we hit -- passed away and the plaza and it has been a challenge, forced -- i encourage you -- in the aspect but we have a new constitution and to extend their rights. and the issue of human rights and still needed. and the culture is not something you can change. [talking over each other] >> talking about everybody's equal. what we have everywhere, respect prosecution or enter the country like happens in many places. it is a -- we have a lot of violence. and do something about that. what to do about it? one is to take them to the judges. what we have been doing for some time is trying to -- accomplishing that to have health and education at the same time. talking about violence and sexuality and change the way children see the country. people think they can be violent against different ways of facing life. it is hard work. get to the constitution and think everyone has the same right. much more diffi
, through the civil society, women's rights respected and preserving a country without a constitution. sins we have a constitution or bill of rights in the constitution and freedom before we hit -- passed away and the plaza and it has been a challenge, forced -- i encourage you -- in the aspect but we have a new constitution and to extend their rights. and the issue of human rights and still needed. and the culture is not something you can change. [talking over each other] >> talking...
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rights and civil issues. so, that is one of the intellectual changes that took place in my career as i got a close look at it and that's why i was the first german of the judiciary committee to forthrightly state that it matters what you're judicial philosophy is. the american people have a right to understand it and know it, but i did change on that, and i glad i did. >> moderator: governor? palin: there have been times when as the mayor and governor we passed budgets i did not veto, and that i think could be considered as something that i caved if you will. but knowing that was the right thing to do in order to progress the agenda for that to work with the legislative body that actually holds the purse strings so there were times when i wanted to do a based budget and cut taxes even more and i didn't have much support to accomplish that. but on the major principal of things know there hasn't been something i've had to compromise on because we always seem to find a way to work together up there in alaska wha
rights and civil issues. so, that is one of the intellectual changes that took place in my career as i got a close look at it and that's why i was the first german of the judiciary committee to forthrightly state that it matters what you're judicial philosophy is. the american people have a right to understand it and know it, but i did change on that, and i glad i did. >> moderator: governor? palin: there have been times when as the mayor and governor we passed budgets i did not veto, and...
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this is after the civil rights act was signed in to law. this was in the democrats really started to lose the south, when there was a lot of protest at a lot of people were against what johnson was doing. and so the campaign led by bill moyers is when of the important advisers on the campaign. he came up with a strategy of doing up with a strong, negative campaign against goldwater. they felt they needed to do that to win the election because otherwise it is not going to be an easy election for johnson. but this ad, as i said, i don't think it's ever been matched. it's what every campaign aspires to come up with, and abbott is this effective. hillary clinton had an effective that in the last cycle, the 3:00 a.m. ad was a little grossly been a bad and it reminded me that it's a sad because because it evoked or fewer for this little girl about the horrible things in the world going on in his going to protect this little girl. the obama campaign ran their own version of that ad, of the 3:00 a.m. ad. we actually have in this website different t
this is after the civil rights act was signed in to law. this was in the democrats really started to lose the south, when there was a lot of protest at a lot of people were against what johnson was doing. and so the campaign led by bill moyers is when of the important advisers on the campaign. he came up with a strategy of doing up with a strong, negative campaign against goldwater. they felt they needed to do that to win the election because otherwise it is not going to be an easy election for...
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voting is a fundamental civil right. and when states prevent their citizens from exercising that right, whether deliberately through law or through regulations or accidentally through lack of preparation or mere incompetence, it is a violation of voters' civil rights. the fast voting act, mr. president, is one critical way we can try to fix our elections and make sure what happened across our country in 2012 never happens again. thank you. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, last week i came to the floor and was honored to give tributes to some of our departing colleagues. tonight i'm going to take advantage of this time to pay tribute to two other outstanding senators, colleagues and friends of mine whom i will miss greatly. they are senator kay bailey hutchison and senator scout brown. mr. president, in her marvelous book entitled "american heroines: the spirited women who shaped our country," senator kay bailey hutchison wrote
voting is a fundamental civil right. and when states prevent their citizens from exercising that right, whether deliberately through law or through regulations or accidentally through lack of preparation or mere incompetence, it is a violation of voters' civil rights. the fast voting act, mr. president, is one critical way we can try to fix our elections and make sure what happened across our country in 2012 never happens again. thank you. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the...
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rights. so the notion that this is somehow the political ploy is inconsistent. one only has to look at the law which is clear, 90 days. it is very, very clear. 90 days. >> and, in fact, general holder, it is possible that the highest law enforcement officer of the land, you have real concerns about american citizens being disenfranchised and that the united states department of justice, the u.s. department of justice actually cares about protecting the constitutional rights of american citizens that are now being threatened by this illegal voter purge in florida, is that correct? >> that's right. at base we have to enforce the law, a law that was the signed by this congress or its predecessor to protect the rights of american citizens. that's what our action is all about, to protect the rights of them are consistent. >> thank you to i yield back. >> the gentleman from arizona, mr. quayle, is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for being here, mr. attorney general, but i want
rights. so the notion that this is somehow the political ploy is inconsistent. one only has to look at the law which is clear, 90 days. it is very, very clear. 90 days. >> and, in fact, general holder, it is possible that the highest law enforcement officer of the land, you have real concerns about american citizens being disenfranchised and that the united states department of justice, the u.s. department of justice actually cares about protecting the constitutional rights of american...
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this is a new area and you can see, you're hitting right on some of the key parts, when you look at how the companies are wrestling with this, too. how do you provide maximum benefit without intruding. i think that's going to be an issue that we're going to wrestle with for several years. >> and when it strikes you as odd, i assume that odd -- >> very well-chosen word. >> may be a euphemism for strange or unnecessary or invasive, unacceptable. >> senator, i'm not completely up to speed on all of it. i did read it so i don't know all the facts that go with it. my initial reaction was this doesn't seem right. that's what i meant by odd. but i don't have all the facts. >> thank you. thank you, general. thank you for your great work on this issue. i hope you will give thought as well and i may ask you a question in writing about it, regarding the potential uses of the national guard cyberunits and how they can better assist you and the cost effectiveness of building those programs through our national guard. >> we are working with the national guard and there are a number of those. i'll sta
this is a new area and you can see, you're hitting right on some of the key parts, when you look at how the companies are wrestling with this, too. how do you provide maximum benefit without intruding. i think that's going to be an issue that we're going to wrestle with for several years. >> and when it strikes you as odd, i assume that odd -- >> very well-chosen word. >> may be a euphemism for strange or unnecessary or invasive, unacceptable. >> senator, i'm not...
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rights law that covered people with disabilities in our society. after that was passed and during the 1990's, it became clear that this kind of ignited a kind of a conscience around the world that we needed to do something globally about people with disabilities. so, really, the united states sort of became the -- the leader in promoting this convention on the right of people with disabilities at the united nations. in fact, i have a quote here i would share with my friend that when -- when president bush signed the bill on july 26 and we were all gathered at the white house, here's what he said. he said, "this historic act" -- and this is a quote -- "this historic act is the world's first comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities. the first. its passage has made the united states the international leader on this human rights issue." and so starting after that, our diplomats and others started working on this issue, and so this convention was developed during -- through the knitted night. i don't know all addition through t
rights law that covered people with disabilities in our society. after that was passed and during the 1990's, it became clear that this kind of ignited a kind of a conscience around the world that we needed to do something globally about people with disabilities. so, really, the united states sort of became the -- the leader in promoting this convention on the right of people with disabilities at the united nations. in fact, i have a quote here i would share with my friend that when -- when...
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and don't forget also, civil liberty issues. this is where you see in congress this weird coalition between some super liberals and some very right-leaning conservatives on civil liberties, on some of the issues regarding war and spending abroad. so there's definitely something the republican party will have to be grappling with their, and it's an opportunity, maybe not necessary in the libertarian party but it's a movement within the party to push in one direction. >> i absolutely think that's right. we do our political type every couple of years and it's kind of an art but we segment the electric into cool sounding, with cool sounding names and things like that, but we actually had libertarians in that come and ambiguous you expect but we also have these postmoderns were sort of part of the democratic coalition. a lot of them were independent but they voted democrat. these are people who didn't take the old democratic line on the role of government for, and even on race. very interestingly, that we are very liberal on social i
and don't forget also, civil liberty issues. this is where you see in congress this weird coalition between some super liberals and some very right-leaning conservatives on civil liberties, on some of the issues regarding war and spending abroad. so there's definitely something the republican party will have to be grappling with their, and it's an opportunity, maybe not necessary in the libertarian party but it's a movement within the party to push in one direction. >> i absolutely think...
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and he was really a civil rights activist early on as a young, young man. he was inspired, as many of us were, by the words of john kennedy. joe won a seat in the connecticut state senate where he served for ten years, including six as the majority leader of the connecticut state legislature. after returning to private practice for two years, he served as the first full-time connecticut attorney general. it was during his years as attorney general that he met the love of his life, hadassah. today they have 4 children and 12 grandchildren. then in 1988, again he took on one of the giants of politics in the state of connecticut, a race that no one thought he could win, but he did. he defeated an incumbent united states senator. and for the last 24 years he served the people of connecticut and this country with honor and distinction. i was also pleased to have the opportunity to support senator lieberman's historic candidacy for vice president in 2000. joe was the first major jewish party candidate for vice president. senator lieberman is a devout observant je
and he was really a civil rights activist early on as a young, young man. he was inspired, as many of us were, by the words of john kennedy. joe won a seat in the connecticut state senate where he served for ten years, including six as the majority leader of the connecticut state legislature. after returning to private practice for two years, he served as the first full-time connecticut attorney general. it was during his years as attorney general that he met the love of his life, hadassah....
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rights in the 1960s. now, obama changed this coalition, but not necessarily for the better. take a look at the maps. now, what i've done here is taken, basically, every -- a state that was basically tied in 1996 or 2008 is white. and as it becomes, as a republican gets a point, it becomes a little bit redder. in other words, like georgia in 2008 which was barely won by mccain is light red, and as mccain does a little bit better, it gets darker and darker, and the same is true of the democrats. you'll notice that the blue states in 2008 look a lot like the blue states in 1996. why is this? because from 1996 to 2008 only three states moved more than five points towards the democrats. vermont, nevada and barack obama's home state of hawaii. where's the change? the change is right in the middle of the map. the states that i was talking about with the jacksonians. west virginia, kentucky, tennessee, arkansas, oklahoma and then the changes in alabama and louisiana actually come mostly in the northern tier of th
rights in the 1960s. now, obama changed this coalition, but not necessarily for the better. take a look at the maps. now, what i've done here is taken, basically, every -- a state that was basically tied in 1996 or 2008 is white. and as it becomes, as a republican gets a point, it becomes a little bit redder. in other words, like georgia in 2008 which was barely won by mccain is light red, and as mccain does a little bit better, it gets darker and darker, and the same is true of the democrats....
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rights of innocent individuals. this administration is committed to making sure that our surveillance programs appropriately reflect all of these interests. let me give you an example. under section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, the attorney general and the director of national intelligence may authorize annually, with the approval of the foreign intelligence to surveillance court, collection directed at identified categories of foreign intelligence targets, without the need for a court order for each individual subject. this ensures that the government has the flexibility and agility it needs to identify and to respond to terrorist and other foreign threats to our security. but the government may not use this authority intentionally to target a u.s. person, here or abroad, or anyone known to be in the united states. the law requires special procedures, reviewed and approved by the foreign intelligence surveillance court, to make sure that these restrictions are followed, and to protect the priva
rights of innocent individuals. this administration is committed to making sure that our surveillance programs appropriately reflect all of these interests. let me give you an example. under section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, the attorney general and the director of national intelligence may authorize annually, with the approval of the foreign intelligence to surveillance court, collection directed at identified categories of foreign intelligence targets, without the need...
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that they got after reconstruction, lost for a while after jim crow and won back in the civil rights years. so african-americans are very much part of this broad story that i have to tell, and i think it's good that the united states read its promises as promising equality to everybody. >> host: the new book is "our divided political heart." e.j. dionne is senior fellow at the brookings institution, he also teaches at georgetown university and and writes for "the washington post". you can also hear him talking politics on npr. here's a tweet from rick. do the tea party people have any use for community? >> guest: you know, it's interesting. i struggled with that in the book actually because as human beings, as fellow americans lots of tea party members, i'm sure, belong to ptas, they coach little leagues, they do a lot of the work of community on the ground, and i try to be careful in the way i talk about people in groups. i don't want like prejudice against groups, even groups i happen to disagree with on some political questions. but i do think what the tea party and people allied
that they got after reconstruction, lost for a while after jim crow and won back in the civil rights years. so african-americans are very much part of this broad story that i have to tell, and i think it's good that the united states read its promises as promising equality to everybody. >> host: the new book is "our divided political heart." e.j. dionne is senior fellow at the brookings institution, he also teaches at georgetown university and and writes for "the washington...
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former law clerk on the eighth circuit and an attorney in the voting rights section of the civil rights division of the justice department. so i think first we'll hear from secretary of state tenant. >> good afternoon, everyone. it is good to be here and i must say that as a secretary elect i was here four years ago and honored to be back again have the opportunity. we are talking about ensuring integrity and data access and vote access at the same time. what i was asked to talk about is what west virginia does and how we have our voter id laws. again west virginia does have identification law, and many of them follow what many other states follow, especially when it comes to the help america vote act and the requirements but i will give you a brief of what it takes. the help america vote act, and since we had our discussion today, this is a very bad thing. i am trying to get rid of this in west virginia. this is your mail and voter registration application. we don't like this before. it costs about $6. i thought to be able to online voter registration as well that costs about 1 dollar,
former law clerk on the eighth circuit and an attorney in the voting rights section of the civil rights division of the justice department. so i think first we'll hear from secretary of state tenant. >> good afternoon, everyone. it is good to be here and i must say that as a secretary elect i was here four years ago and honored to be back again have the opportunity. we are talking about ensuring integrity and data access and vote access at the same time. what i was asked to talk about is...
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like the civil rights activists of past generations, the dreamers are speaking out. they are telling their stories publicly even though many of them know that they risk deportation, deportation from the only country they have ever known as home. they have organized rallies and mars where they advocate for the dream act and they declared their undocumented status. they wear steurts and carry -- t-shirts and signs that carry their slogan undocumented and unafraid. these dreamers have been by my side fighting for the dream act for 11 years and i'm proud of it. in 2007, the first time the dream act came to a vote on the floor of the senate, there were a few dreamers sitting right up in the gallery. we had 52 votes that day. it was a bipartisan majority. frankly, we've always had a bipartisan majority. but we've never had the 60 votes we need to overcome the republican filibuster against the dream act. three years later, in december of 2010, the dream act was again considered on the floor of the senate. this time it was different. the senate gallery was filled to capacity
like the civil rights activists of past generations, the dreamers are speaking out. they are telling their stories publicly even though many of them know that they risk deportation, deportation from the only country they have ever known as home. they have organized rallies and mars where they advocate for the dream act and they declared their undocumented status. they wear steurts and carry -- t-shirts and signs that carry their slogan undocumented and unafraid. these dreamers have been by my...
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in favor -- as many people at the time were doing, many civil rights leaders were calling for racial preferences, and he instead called for a bill of rights to the disadvantaged. concedes that -- king suggested as a simple matter of justice and america in dealing creatively with the task of race should also be rescuing a large stratum of the forgotten white core. so it seems to me, the irony is that today it may be that a conservative supreme court decision in curtailing the ability of universities to use race and ethnicity in admissions could actually bring us to a better form of affirmative action that at long last addresses these issues of economic inequality. thank you. [applause] >> a senior fellow of the center for american progress, and i will serve today as the moderator for our panel discussion. by way of sort of framing in setting an hour conversation, i just wanted to have a very brief set of remarks. just the mere mention of the words affirmative action is guaranteed to start an emotional and political fight. addresses, a sure-fire rallying cry the the front lines of supp
in favor -- as many people at the time were doing, many civil rights leaders were calling for racial preferences, and he instead called for a bill of rights to the disadvantaged. concedes that -- king suggested as a simple matter of justice and america in dealing creatively with the task of race should also be rescuing a large stratum of the forgotten white core. so it seems to me, the irony is that today it may be that a conservative supreme court decision in curtailing the ability of...
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in 2009 the court ruled that new haven connecticut violated the civil rights five-year fighters after the results of a promotion exam because not enough blacks had passed. with liberal leaning justice elena kagan reducing herself a key vote could apply again with justice anthony kennedy as we heard from adam. sandy a democrat. what do you think? >> caller: yes. >> host: what do you think of affirmative action in this case specifically for the court? >> caller: well, first of all i would like to hear the make up and see the makeup of the total top ten when she was denied because we so often have not only racial problems, we can have gender problems as well. so before i want to -- before we get into a big hassle about affirmative action and how we as black people or we as white people as a minority, we are not able to have a fair shot in getting into that college and also listening to the case may be they may need to reform. the racial ethnic of the and a graduate student body this is the university of texas, you can see the makeup in 2010, 2007 over 50% white. you can see that number g
in 2009 the court ruled that new haven connecticut violated the civil rights five-year fighters after the results of a promotion exam because not enough blacks had passed. with liberal leaning justice elena kagan reducing herself a key vote could apply again with justice anthony kennedy as we heard from adam. sandy a democrat. what do you think? >> caller: yes. >> host: what do you think of affirmative action in this case specifically for the court? >> caller: well, first of...
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rights division housing and civil enforcement section. since the establishment of the fair lending unit, banks to the committed professionals in the division we have brought record numbers of and force reductions in the approximately 24 months the universe was established the division filed and result 16 lending matters by way of contrast from 1993 to 2008 the justice filed a result 29 of lending matters an average of less than two spaces per year. the division produced unprecedented results in 2011 alone. we filed a record eight lending related federal lawsuits and obtained a settlement providing for more than 7,000,003 and 50 million in relief in the legal lending practices. this includes our settlement with countrywide, the largest lending discrimination ever brought by the department of justice raid and the settlement as well as record settlements under the service members civil relief act. no one case sets aside the multitude of unlawful practices in the housing and lending markets that contributed to the nationwide housing for roger
rights division housing and civil enforcement section. since the establishment of the fair lending unit, banks to the committed professionals in the division we have brought record numbers of and force reductions in the approximately 24 months the universe was established the division filed and result 16 lending matters by way of contrast from 1993 to 2008 the justice filed a result 29 of lending matters an average of less than two spaces per year. the division produced unprecedented results in...
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and civil rights is not acceptable. i would say that if the matter is so severe that we are on the verge of war then the people should be aware certain things are going to happen and are happening. if we are going to tap telephones, i think the people of the united states should be made aware who we are tapping and why we are tapping. it shouldn't be done with doctors. >> you were first elected to represent hawaii and house, and then you've been in the senate now since 1963. and i sure many legislative accomplishments, a couple where the native hawaiian education act and the native hawaiian health care act. tell us about those and why they were most important to you. >> well, i suppose it goes back to my mother because my mother -- her parents were plantation workers and at that moment there is no social service in the territory so she was literally out in the streets and along came away hawaii in couple that took her hand and took her home. that's the way to do it. they adopted her. she lived with them as a healthy chi
and civil rights is not acceptable. i would say that if the matter is so severe that we are on the verge of war then the people should be aware certain things are going to happen and are happening. if we are going to tap telephones, i think the people of the united states should be made aware who we are tapping and why we are tapping. it shouldn't be done with doctors. >> you were first elected to represent hawaii and house, and then you've been in the senate now since 1963. and i sure...
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thinking we should overcome was not very effective way to gain civil-rights. i thought more confrontation was needed. >> walter williams on being a radical. >> aaa's radical is anybody who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. i have always been a person that people should not interfere with me. as long as i don't violate rights of other people. more on 8 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> a summit on consumer fraud hosted by the justice department, federal and state law officials talk about scams targeting the elderly, tax return and the elderly. of focusing on what has been designated national consumer protection week. this is 90 minutes. >> the next panel is on business opportunity scams. we have the deputy director consumer protection committee and we have the associate director of the division of marketing practices at ftc, and united states attorney from the central district of california and the assistant director of the consumer branch of the department of justice and consumer program director the united states public-in
thinking we should overcome was not very effective way to gain civil-rights. i thought more confrontation was needed. >> walter williams on being a radical. >> aaa's radical is anybody who believes in personal liberty and individual freedom and limited government. i have always been a person that people should not interfere with me. as long as i don't violate rights of other people. more on 8 p.m. eastern and pacific. >> a summit on consumer fraud hosted by the justice...
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but we are exceptional in terms of what we have done for civil rights and human rights and to include all in our family. our family being our citizenship. and we took great strides. and america has always been evolving as a country to expand civil rights and human rights. and one of the latest, of course, was to extend those rights to people with disabilities in our society, making sure that people with disabilities have all of the rights and opportunities that anyone enjoys in our society. and so it seems to me that this is the kind of exceptionalism that we ought to be promoting around the globe. we ought to be proud. we should be proud of what we've done as a country in this regard. we should not be afraid, not be afraid to join in a convention, to extend to the rest of the world what we've done here basically and to be helpful in making sure that other countries can also attain that kind of a standard that doesn't exclude anyone because of a disability from their society. i know there were some who were not part of the bipartisan vote who support ratification in the committee. i u
but we are exceptional in terms of what we have done for civil rights and human rights and to include all in our family. our family being our citizenship. and we took great strides. and america has always been evolving as a country to expand civil rights and human rights. and one of the latest, of course, was to extend those rights to people with disabilities in our society, making sure that people with disabilities have all of the rights and opportunities that anyone enjoys in our society. and...
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rights, a lot of those who lived through this week in overton who seem toe think the best thing about george bush is he not ronald reagan. >>> largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the reagan administration more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than anytime since world war ii. ♪ . >> if there is thinking left to ronald reagan's trickle down theory, done, it seems to be anxiety which seems to be trickng down through just about every segment of our society. ♪ . >> if you gave clarence thomas a little flower on his face you would think you had david duke talking. here is a man who, is against everything that has lifted the level of life of millions of blacks. ♪ . >> i hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and dies like many black men do of heart disease. that is how i feel. he is absolutely reprehensible person. ♪ . >> you've called gingrich and his ilk, your words, trickle down terrorists who base their agenda on exclusion, and fear. do you think middle class americans are in need of protection from that group? ♪ . >> the new
rights, a lot of those who lived through this week in overton who seem toe think the best thing about george bush is he not ronald reagan. >>> largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the reagan administration more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than anytime since world war ii. ♪ . >> if there is thinking left to ronald reagan's trickle down theory, done, it seems to be anxiety which seems to be trickng down through just about every...
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conversation, right? you turn on cable news, and they are putting a spotlight on the most obnoxious, the rudest, the person who's able to scream the loudest, right? and then they put a spotlight on the next screen over which is the person who can scream the loudest on the other side. and when that is, when that is the sort of 24/7 thing that's happening on cable, i think it, um, it brings out emotions in everyone else, and i think it makes people think that politics is like that. and i think politics is like that a little bit which is -- >> nature imitates art to some degree, in in other words. >> yeah. when you have a media that rewards poor behavior and, um, screaming and partisanship and, um, live television cameras on things, on events that they know will outrage people and bring about fights like, you know, the minister of, you know, a church population of nine people in arkansas or whatever who's going to burn the quran. when you decide you're going to put live tv cameras on that, i think that's whe
conversation, right? you turn on cable news, and they are putting a spotlight on the most obnoxious, the rudest, the person who's able to scream the loudest, right? and then they put a spotlight on the next screen over which is the person who can scream the loudest on the other side. and when that is, when that is the sort of 24/7 thing that's happening on cable, i think it, um, it brings out emotions in everyone else, and i think it makes people think that politics is like that. and i think...
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what you might not know is that the civil rights commission initiated an investigation into the obama dismissal of the black panther case and they subpoenaed me and chris coats who actually is here today somewhere, who was a voting section chief, about the dismissal to explain why the case was dismissed. but this justice department ordered us to ignore the subpoenas. the subpoenas were issued pursuant to a law that makes it a crime to interfere with a civil rights commission subpoena. so i did what i felt i had to do and resigned my job at the justice department and testified about why the case was dismissed. the answer to that is and i detail it in the book in great detail, there is a notorious and open hostility among obama political appointees to enforcing election laws against all wrongdoers. this was on open display inside the justice department. chris coats eventually, the voting section chief complied with his subpoena and said the same vein. here you have two doj attorneys telling under oath that this justice department is unwilling to enforce federal election law in a race ne
what you might not know is that the civil rights commission initiated an investigation into the obama dismissal of the black panther case and they subpoenaed me and chris coats who actually is here today somewhere, who was a voting section chief, about the dismissal to explain why the case was dismissed. but this justice department ordered us to ignore the subpoenas. the subpoenas were issued pursuant to a law that makes it a crime to interfere with a civil rights commission subpoena. so i did...
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and then some civil rights type folks picked it up. and they started bringing cases in which the plaintiff is foreign, the defendant is foreign, and the tort took place in some foreign place. and so bringing these cases in u.s. court. the paraguayan plaintiff, the paraguayan defendant. the tour took place in paris white. they come on into a new york's state federal court and say you have jurisdiction over this. the alien tort statute. and courts have been doing for this. they have been allowing some of these cases to go forward, as odd as it stands. and so this case raised the question of whether -- so, in this particular case to my takes place in nigeria. and the guy says, i am -- the nigerian government committees. and mist treated, torture and so forth. and these oil companies, foreign oil companies were complicitous. helped the nigerian government do this to me to work implicit, aided and abetted and so i am wanting to sue the oil companies in federal court. and so they say, this doesn't apply to corporations. you can't actually su
and then some civil rights type folks picked it up. and they started bringing cases in which the plaintiff is foreign, the defendant is foreign, and the tort took place in some foreign place. and so bringing these cases in u.s. court. the paraguayan plaintiff, the paraguayan defendant. the tour took place in paris white. they come on into a new york's state federal court and say you have jurisdiction over this. the alien tort statute. and courts have been doing for this. they have been allowing...